Yasamin Parsafar

Practice Details

• Languages
  Farsi
• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Sheppard Mullin
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Prior Matters: TriPlay, Inc. v.
  WhatsApp Inc: . : A member of the legal team for WhatsApp in a 4-patent case relating to cross-platform messaging systems filed in the District of Delaware. After favorable claim construction ruling conducted early in the case prior to discovery, obtained dismissal of entire case
  invalidation of 2 out of 4 asserted patents under 35 U.S.C. 101, after other two patents were withdrawn by plaintiff in response to institution of IPR.
  Guzik Technical Enterprises, Inc. v.
  Western Digital Corp: . : Served on the Western Digital legal team in the Northern District of California in a patent case relating to testing equipment for hard disk drive heads. Successfully narrowed the case from a start of 62 patent claims
  14 trade secrets to 12 patent claims
  0 trade secrets, including obtaining summary judgment of invalidity on some claims
  summary judgment of non-infringement on other claims.
  Delphix Corp. v.
  Actifio, Inc.: (N.D. Cal.) (D. Mass): One of a team of attorneys who represented Actifio in a nine-patent case involving two jurisdictions. Case settled favorably after Delphix's patents were invalidated in IPR proceedings.
  Create Ads v.
  Endurance Int'l Gp. & Constant Contact : (D. Del.): On the team that served as lead counsel for companies sued by NPE. Case favorably settled after team filed summary judgment motion for lack of patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. 101.
  Samsung v.
  NVIDIA : (E.D. Va.): Member of team that served as lead trial counsel for the defendant in a multi-jurisdiction suit. Jury found that none of the asserted claims were infringed
  that the sole asserted system claim was also invalid. Litigation subsequently favorably settled with no remedy against NVIDIA.
  RPost v
  . Constant Contact : (E.D. Tex.): Member of team that served as lead counsel for national email marketing company in case brought by NPE. Plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed the case.